Saturday, October 16, 2010

Mom: Oaklee, you know what I really want you, Jaxson, and Charlee to give me for my birthday?
Oaklee: What?
Mom: My present could be you guys cleaning up down stairs.
Oaklee: Mom, that is not a present, that is a verb.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Charlee is home sick with a tummy ache and a fever, but I feel so blessed today! I have so much fun stuff going on. I feel like I am so busy, but it is fun stuff that I enjoy doing. I get to be the PTO President at my kid's school which means I get to know everyone at the school and make sure my sweet girls have fun events to go to. Charlee tells everyone that I am the PTO President. She is so proud of me which makes my heart swell with love. I was able to paint this awesome room for my friend. I love to paint. I would love to do it every day. It makes me wish we were not renting so I could paint my home now. In conference this past week, the prophets said not to over schedule yourself. I thought, "What should I give up?" Giving up things that I love is not what they meant, I am sure, but I need to keep it in mind. Then I realized that I can have it all and relish in the down time that I get to enjoy with my husband and kids. I love staying home and helping them with their homework. I thought I was done with the sickies, but I am so thankful that I can be home helping my sweet girl to feel better.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

It all started with Brian!! hehe Not really, but Brian got Bronchitis. He coughed horribly and had to get on antibiotics, steroids and a new inhaler. Right after that, I got a sinus infection and got what we can only assume was a bug bite on my boob. Yeah, at the emergency room, my sister in law, Nancy, teased me that I showed my boob to the Janitor because I saw 2 doctors (I hope it was not the Janitor!) They put me on 2 antibiotics- 1 sulfa and 1 other one to treat me for Mersa, just in case.

Two days later, Oaklee celebrated her sixth birthday. Not good timing for a swim party since neither Brian or I could be in the sun because of our antibiotics, but what can you do? She had so much fun. She invited her whole class to her party.

Happy Birthday, Baby!

The next week, Jaxson got his tonsils out. So Sad! I hate when they get this done, but Barrys and Pages both have ginormous tonsils and adenoids, so sleep apnea is bound to happen. Better to do it now and get it over with. Jaxson was given liquid codeine for the pain and Amoxacillin.

The morning of the surgery. He HATED his gown. It was for girls!

I gave him his codeine and accidentally licked my finger (like all moms do). Did I mention I am allergic to codeine? Oh yeah! and now we found out that I am also allergic to Sulfa drugs as well. The lick of codeine swelled my tongue and brought out the reaction to the sulfa drugs that were in my system. I went to Walmart to buy some cream. When I asked the pharmacist which one I should get, he took a step back (like hives can fly!) and told me to go directly to the hospital for steroids. I had to go back into the emergency room covered in hives. I got steroids and after a couple of days I felt better. Then I got thrush in my mouth from all of the antibiotics and steroids. I went to the doctor and she gave me Nystatin. I have a whole new respect for babies when we put that nasty stuff in their mouths. GROSS!

This is a picture of my arm on the way to the hospital. My WHOLE BODY looked like this! OUCH!﻿

There is more!!!

Jaxson came and told me he was itchy... sure enough, Jaxson was covered in hives, too. He is allergic to Amoxacillin!

(He won't let me put the picture on here because it shows his underwear!)

Two days later, Oaklee woke up with a temp of 103.3! GRRRR Took her to the doctor and sure enough, after paying the copay, she felt just fine!

PHHEW!! $600, 3 weeks later, I am finally coming up for air. I am so thankful that my family is finally healthy. Now winter is coming :( On to some fun stuff!

Our Angels

Some people come to our site to read my thoughts and feelings about Trevee. She was born on August 27th, 2008. She was 11 inches long weighing 14.6 ounces at 22 weeks. She was beautiful. She was not breathing when she was born. She was such a special spirit and she only needed to come to Earth to get her body. You can click on the Trevee Sue label to read all of the posts about her and see her beautiful face. Journee LaBelle was born April 23rd, 2009. She was born at 19 weeks and weighed 8 ounces and was 8.25 inches long. She was so beautiful as well. She got her body and went to be friends with Trevee in heaven. I am so thankful to have 2 perfect children waiting for me in heaven. I hope as you read about our crazy family you can gain a new respect for the Plan of Salvation as well as your own families. Enjoy hearing more about Trevee and Journee's family!!

Trevee Sue Barry

Born August 27, 2008

Our Love Story!!

Brian Vincent Barry was born in 1977 in Twin Falls, Idaho. I was born 3 years later in Phoenix as Scottee Lyn Page. Brian was back and forth between living in Utah and Arizona while growing up. I grew up in Phoenix. During High School, Brian went to Deer Valley and I went to Paradise Valley. Brian served his mission for our church in 1996. He went to the New England mission. He spent most of his time in New Hampshire and Maine. When he returned, he went to ASU and graduated in business and lived in Mesa. I moved to Mesa and eventually we met at church. It was love at first sight, well, actually first talk. He tried to talk to me in November, but I wanted nothing to do with him. In January, we both were on the activities committee and started to talk. That Sunday, I asked him to the "Girls Choice Dance" via a corney invite. He called that night and said he did not want to wait that long to go out. We went out on Thursday, we were engaged 3 weeks later, and married in within four months in April of 2002. We courted quickly, but when you know, you know. We have been blissfully happy since then. We added Charlee to our clan (which included me, Brian, and my dog, Cow) in May, 2003. Oaklee came shortly after in September of 2004. Jaxson came along just as quickly in February 2006. In August of 2008, we had Trevee Sue Barry join our family. Although she does not get to live here with us on Earth, she will always be in our family and continues to teach us new things everyday. In April of 2009, Journee LaBelle Barry was born prematuresly and did not get to stay with us on Earth. We have done so many things in such a short period of time. We built our dream home. We have served in many callings at church. Currently, Brian is the Ward Mission Leader, and I am a Primary teacher. We love our family and kids so much. We love eachother and think that we are both the one who married up. I guess that is key to happiness. We feel thankful every day.